jpgames.de Gamescom 2015 interview with Naoki Yoshida

[Lyrinn]

Perhaps part of the difference between us is that I am not looking at this from an endgame efficiency point of view, and perhaps you are. Yoshi clearly is, hence his comments abot waiting until the interviewer hit 60. I'm sorry, but I don't measure much of this game based on raid or end game utility. The look and feel, personality and how something plays matter more to me.

Why don't you describe how you think WHM is or should be? Because nothing you said in your post screams "Protect and Stoneskin are essential parts of my identity!" Most people will say WHM's niche is as a powerhouse healer, both single target and (especially) AoE. Protect and SS has nothing to do with either. In fact, I never even noticed the difference between pro-shell and protect until T13, and that's because it's a cast-and-forget spell that's negligible for most fights. Stoneskin you could make an argument for. But I'm pretty sure stuff like giving Indom to SCH is what upset WHMs the most, since that directly detracts from their identity as a strong AoE healer. PLDs have legitimate reason to be upset, as their DPS is clearly inferior to DRK/WAR and some of their new toys are virtually unusable (Casting Cleme--Interrupted).

No one can say dark side Hurts their eyes or anything anymore, You can just make it out if you are in a brightly lit area or even a bright background Environment.

It's still obnoxious in cities. It's not so much the color or glow as it is just how stupidly far out from the character it is. Reduce the radius on it.